Reuse of secondhand TVs exported from Japan to the Philippines

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1063-1072

  Yoshida, Aya ^a   Terazono, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARGO CONTAINERS; COLLECTION SYSTEMS; CONTROL MEASURES; E-WASTE; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; LANDFILL SITE; MATERIAL FLOW; METRO MANILA; NEW PRODUCT; PHILIPPINES; TREATMENT METHODS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RECYCLING; WASTE TREATMENT;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; EXPORT; IMPORT; RECYCLING; SHIPPING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CONSUMER; ELECTRONICS; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LANDFILL; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE; TELEVISION;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; JAPAN; PHILIPPINES; PUBLIC OPINION; TELEVISION;

JAPAN; MANILA; NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 77951256937     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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